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Abstract

Listeriosis patient isolates in Germany have shown a new identical pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern since 2012 (n = 66). Almost all isolates ( serotype 1/2a) belonged to cases living in southern Germany, indicating an outbreak with a so far unknown source. Case numbers in 2015 are high (n = 28). No outbreak cases outside Germany have been reported. Next generation sequencing revealed the unique cluster type CT1248 and confirmed the outbreak. Investigations into the source are ongoing.

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Ongoing outbreak of invasive listeriosis, Germany, 2012 to 2015
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Werner+Ruppitsch&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ruppitsch Werner</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Rita+Prager&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Prager Rita</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sven+Halbedel&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Halbedel Sven</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Patrick+Hyden&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hyden Patrick</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ariane+Pietzka&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pietzka Ariane</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Steliana+Huhulescu&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Huhulescu Steliana</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Dorothee+Lohr&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lohr Dorothee</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Katharina+Sch%C3%B6nberger&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Schönberger Katharina</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Elisabeth+Aichinger&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Aichinger Elisabeth</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Anja+Hauri&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hauri Anja</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Klaus+Stark&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Stark Klaus</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sabine+Vygen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Vygen Sabine</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Erhard+Tietze&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Tietze Erhard</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Franz+Allerberger&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Allerberger Franz</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hendrik+Wilking&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Wilking Hendrik</a></span>. Ongoing outbreak of invasive listeriosis, Germany, 2012 to 2015. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2015;20(50):pii=30094. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.50.30094" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.50.30094</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 30 Nov 2015;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 17 Dec 2015 </span> </p>
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